- Pringle, George Robert Grant
[E] Pringle, George Robert Grant, organist
and conductor, born in London, May 26,
1833. Chorister, St. Paul's Cathedral, 1841-51,
and pupil of John Goss and George Cooper,
Went to Victoria. Australia, in 1858. Ap-
pointed organist and conductor of ilelbourne
Philharmonic Society. Founded and con-
ducted the ^lusical Union, which brought
forward many promising singers, and pro-
duced, for the first time in Australia, ]NIen-
delssohn's Psalm 42 ; Spohr's " God, Thou art
Great " ; Leslie's " Judith," and other works.
As organist of St. Peter's, Melbourne, Pringle,
in 1863, trained and introduced the first
surpliced choir in the colonies. He died,
January, 1873, when on a visit to Leipzig.entry id: 328-R-7
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